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Volume 9, no. 2-3 Summer-Winter 1994
The Beethoven Newsletter
Double issue
Volume 9, no. 2-3 (Summer-Winter 1994):
James Parsons. "Footnotes, Fantasies, and Freude: Once More on Schiller's and Beethoven's 'An die Freude.'" (pp. 114-118)
Marie-Elisabeth Tellenbach. "Psychoanalysis and the Historiocritical Method: On Maynard Solomon's Image of Beethoven (Part 2)." (pp. 119-127)
Susan Kagan. Studies in Textual Criticism: "The Second Movement of Beethoven's Fortepiano Sonata in E Minor/Major, Opus 90: A Wrong Note?" (pp. 128-130)
Ira Brilliant. "Beethoven Center Acquisitions: Four Pages from Beethoven's Household Account Books from July 12-13 and August 8-9 (ca. 1823)." (pp. 131-134)
Patricia Elliott. "Selected New Beethoven and Beethoven-Related Books (1988-1993): Supplement." (pp. 135-141)
Book Review: Thomas Wendel on The Beethoven Quartet Companion, edited by Robert Winter and Robert Martin. (pp. 142-144)
Ira Brilliant. "Beethoven Auction Report (Sotheby's, London, Dec. 2, 1993; Stargardt, Berlin, March 4, 1994; Christie's, London, June 24, 1994; Sotheby's, London, Jun. 26, 1994)." (pp. 145-146)
William Meredith. Conference report: "Beethoven Papers and Concerts at the 1994 AMS Convention." (pp. 147-151)
Facsimile of the First Parallel English Edition of Beethoven's Song 'Andenken' ' "Remembrance'), WoO 136. (pp. 152-156)
"Letters to the Editor." (p. 157)
"Miscellanea." (pp. 158-159)


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(This was originally posted on KM for me… and you?)
Day 2 of the final IKM workshop dedicated to 'practice-based change'. As much as on day 1, there is a lot on the menu of this second day:
- Individual agency vs. organisational remit;
- Accountability;
- Impact and change pathways;
- A possible extension of the programme: IKM-2
On individual agency and organisational remit:
We are made of a complex set of imbricated identities and cultures that manifest themselves around us in relation with the other actors that we are engaging with. These complex layers of our personality may clash with the organisational remit that is sometimes our imposed 'ball park'. Recognising complexity at this junction, and the degree of influence of individual agents is an important step forward to promote more meaningful and effective development.
Pressed for time, we did not talk a lot about this. Yet we identified a few drivers that have much resonance in development work:
- As little as organisations tweet, people do, organisations do not trigger change, individual people do. Pete Cranston mentioned a study done about three cases of critical change within Oxfam, all triggered by individuals: a manager with the power to change, an aspirational individual quickly building an alliance etc. – our impact pathways need to recognise the unmistakable contribution of individual 'change agents' (or positive deviants) in any specific process or generic model of social change. Individuals that are closely related to resource generation obviously have crucial leverage power and play a special role in the constellation of agents that matter in the impact pathway;
- We are obscured by our scale: In politics it took us a long time to realise there were crucial dynamics below nation-states and above them. In a similar swing, in development let's go beyond merely the organisational scale to focus on the individual agency as well as the network scale – all organisations and individuals are part of various networks which impact both individuals and organisations engaged in them. Teams also play an important role to explore and implement new ways – it is at that level that trust is most actively built and activities planned and implemented. The riddles of impact from the teams emulate in sometimes mysterious ways to the organisational level;
- These differences of scale tend to place subtle tensions on individuals between their personal perspectives and the organisational priorities. The multiple identities and knowledges (including local knowledge) are inherently in ourselves too, adding layers of complexity as the predominance of one identity layer over another plays out in relation to the other people around – see presentation by Valerie Brown.
On accountability:
Accountability is a central piece of the development puzzle yet, so far, we have embedded it in too linear a fashion, usually upwards, to our funders. Accountability should also embrace the wider set of stake-holders concerned in development initiatives, including beneficiaries and peers, and find alternative ways to be recognised, acted upon and expressed.
The crux of our accountability discussion was around the tension to reconcile accountability with the full set of actors that we are interacting with in our development initiatives. The work carried out by CARE in Nepal (recently finished and soon to be uploaded on the page listing all IKM documents) is a testimony that accountability can and should be multi-faceted.
- At the core of this conversation lies the question: whose value, whose change, whose accountability? We perhaps too quickly jump on the idea that we know who is the (set of) actor(s) that has(have) more value to bring and demonstrate, that their theory of change matters over that of other actors, and that our accountability system should be geared towards their needs.
- About theory of change, we already mentioned on day 1 that it is just a tool and any simple tool bears the potential of being used smartly (despite inherent technical limitations in the tool) as much as any complex tool can be used daftly (regardless of the inherent flexibility that it may have). However, the theory of change (of which one guide can be found here) can be quite powerful to ponder the key questions above. A collective theory of change is, however, even more powerful.
- Perhaps a practical way forward with accountability is to identify early on in a development initiative who we want to invite to map out the big picture of the initiative and the vision that we wish to give it. The set of actors participating to the reflection would represent the set of actors towards whom the initiative should be accountable to. In the process, this consultation could reveal what we can safely promise to 'deliver' to whom, and what we can only try and unpack further. This might even lead to shaping up a tree map of outcomes that might be simple, complicated, complex or chaotic (thereby indicating the type of approach that might be more adequate).
- More often, in practice, we end up with a theory of change (or a similar visioning exercise) that has been prepared by a small team without much consultation. This implies a much simpler accountability mechanism with no downward accountability, only upward accountability to the funding agency or the management of the initiative. This may also imply that the chances of developing local ownership – arguably a crucial prerequisite for sustainable results – are thereby much dimmer too.
- Robin Vincent also referred to the peer accountability that pervades throughout social media (Twitter, blogs) to recognise the validity and interest of a particular person could be a crucial mechanism to incorporate as a way of letting good content and insights come to the surface and enriching accountability mechanisms.
On impact and change pathways
The next discussion focused on the impact and change pathways of IKM-Emergent. Each member drew a picture of their reflections about the issue, whether specifically or generally, whether practically or theoretically, whether currently or in the future. We produced eight rich drawings (see gallery in the original post) and discussed them briefly, simmering conclusive thoughts about impact and the influence that IKM-Emergent has or might have.
- Impact happens at various scales: at individual (for oneself and beyond), at team level, at organisational level and at network level (at the intersections of our identities, relations and commitments), it follows various drivers, strategies, instruments and channels. Keeping that complex picture in mind guides our impact seeking work.
- Our impact is anyway dependent on larger political dynamics that affect a climate for change. The latter could become negative, implying that development initiatives should stop, or positive and leading to new definitions and norms;
- In this picture, IKM seems to play a key role at a number of junctions: experimentation with development practices, network development, counter-evidence of broadly accepted development narratives, recognition of individual agency and its contribution to social movements, 'navigating (or coping with) complexity and developing resilience, documenting case studies of how change happens, innovative approaches to planning and evaluation and developing knowledge commons through collaboration;
- And there certainly are lots of sympathetic agents currently working in funding agencies, international NGOs, social movements, the media as well as individual consultants. Collectively they can help;
- The combination of public value, capacities and authorising environment are some of the stand posts around IKM's ball park;
- IKM's added value is around understanding the miracle that happens at the intersection between, on the one hand, interactions across many different actors and, on the other hand, systemic change at personal / organisational / discourse level. We can play a role by adding our approach, based on flexibility, integrity, activism and sense-making;
- If we are to play that role of documenting the miracle and other pathways to change, we should remain realistic: We are led to believe or let ourselves believe that evidence-based decision-making is THE way to inform (development) policies and practices, when – in practice – we might follow more promising pathways through developing new knowledge metaphors, frames of development, preserving documentary records and interlinking knowledges;
- There is also an element of balancing energy for the fights we pick: Impact and engagement with people that are not necessarily attuned to the principles, values and approaches of IKM-Emergent takes energy. But it matters a lot. So we might also interact with like-minded people and organisations to regain some of that energy.
- Finally, there are lots of exchanges and interactions and great development initiatives already happening on the ground. The layer above that, where INGOs and donor agencies too often locate themselves, is too limited as such but our impact pathway is perhaps situated at the intersection between these two – how can we amplify good change happening on the ground?
On IKM-Emergent 2:
In the final part of the workshop, after an introduction by Sarah Cummings about where we are at, we surfaced key issues that will be important themes for the sequel programme suggested for IKM-Emergent (the so-called 'IKM 2'). We briefly discussed a) practice-based change, b) local content and knowledge and c) communication and engagement.
On practice-based change: In this important strand, we debated the importance of the collective against the individual pieces of work – challenging issue in IKM-1. Building a social movement and synthesising work are on the menu, although at the same time it is clear that each team or group of individuals working on independent pieces of work needs to find their breathing space and to some degree possibly detach themselves from the collective. IKM Emergent has been successful at unearthing rich research and insights thanks to the liberty left for each group to carve their space. But the message is clear: connecting the dots helps bring everyone on board and picture the wider collage that an IKM-2 might collectively represent.
On local content and knowledge: In this equally important strand, language is key. So is the distortion of knowledge. We want to understand how localisation of information and technology may differ from one place to the next, we want to move on to 'particular knowledges', zooming in on specifics to draw on them. We want to further explore diverse ways of connecting with multiple knowledges through e.g. dancing, objects, non-ICT media. We want to better understand the dynamics of local social movements and knowledge processes and do that with the large African networks that we have been working with.
How is this all to unfold? By creating a network space that allows content aggregation, meetings online and offline, experimental research and production of artefacts, organising exhibitions and happenings and integrating social media.
On communication, monitoring and engagement: This has been paradoxically, and despite the efforts of the IKM management, an area that could have been reinforced. A communication strategy came very late in the process, was somewhat disconnected from the works and rather message-based than focused on engagement and collective sense-making.
What could we do to improve this in IKM-2?
Further integrating communication and M&E, focusing on collective… conversations, engagement, reflection, learning and sense-making. And recognising that both communication and M&E are everyone's business – even though we need someone (a team?) in the programme to 'garden communication', prune our networks (to keep interacting with relevant actors at the edges) and to provide support to staff members and IKM partners to connect to the communication attire of IKM-2
This implies that internally:
- The success of communication depends also on the production of excellent content to engage people on and around. The constant exploration and openness to new opportunities that characterised much of IKM-1 should be maintained to ensure a wide diversity of mutually reinforcing sources of great reflection and conversation;
- More conscious efforts are taken to distil key insights from ongoing work – even though we recognise the necessity of (a degree of) freedom and disconnect to develop good work;
- Distilling those insights might benefit from strong process documentation (1), undertaken by a social reporter (2), supported by regular collective sense-making sessions where those key insights and 'connecting points' between work strands could be identified and analysed.
- We aim at 'quick and dirty' (link to post) communication cycles to quickly churn out insights and discuss them, rather than wait for long peer-process processes that slow communication down and reduce the timeliness (and relevance) of the work undertaken;
- There is a strong need for consistent communication (supported by proper information and training for staff members to feel comfortable with the communication tools and processes) and robust information management (tagging and meta-tagging, long-term wiki management etc. – to be defined).
And externally it implies:
- That we care for the growing community of conversation that we are having – as an overarching goal for our comms work;
- That we use the insights to regularly engage a wider group by e.g. organising thematic discussions around emerging (sets of) pieces of work from IKM-2 and invite external actors to connect to and expand that body of work, possibly fund parts of it etc.
- That we find innovative ways of relating content and 're-using it' smartly by e.g. writing 'un-books' with regular updates on the wiki, blogging, syndicating content via RSS feeds etc.;
- That we use different communication tools and channels to engage with a multi-faceted audience, so that they find comfortable ways to interact with us and the same time that we titillate their curiosity to try out alternative modes of communication too. There are many relations between external communication and the 'local content/knowledge' strand with respect to alternative modes of communication that may not (re-)enforce Western modes and preferences for communication.
What now?
After two days of workshops and five years of collective work, we come out with an incredibly rich set of insights – of which this workshop is only the emerged tip of the iceberg – a wide collection of outputs (and more to come), a number of messages for various groups and a dedication to engage with them on the basis of all the above in an expanded programme. There is no funding yet for IKM-2 but with resources, ideas and ambitions, there may well be all the elements to bring us on that way and find like-minded spirits to transform development practices. Impact pathways don't need funding to work, we are on it, wanna join?
(1) Process documentation is a soft monitoring approach including a mixture of tools and techniques to ensure that a given initiative's theory of change is kept in check and questioned throughout its lifetime and ultimately leads to a set of lessons to inform similar initiatives in the future. It has been better described in this IRC publication: Documenting change, an introduction to process documentation.
(2) Social reporting is very close to process documentation although it is usually applied for specific events rather than long term processes. It is better explained in this ICT-KM blog post.
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A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.
1800 - 1859
Historical Period:
The 19th Century
Lord Macaulay, born Thomas Babington (1800-1859), was an English historian, peer, politician, and poet. He was an active opponent of slavery, a supporter of education and equality in India, and instrumental to parliamentary reform to increase representation of cities that had become unrepresented relative to rural areas during the rapid industrial growth. He authored a five-volume work on the History of England, and wrote numerous clear-minded, critical essays.


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L'Uomo Vogue has released a preview of their next issue and guess who is on the cover?! - it was shot by Caitlin Cronenberg and will be available starting November 5th in Italy.
Trench Lanvin, Lazaro rings, accessories Gasoline Glamour.
Photo by Caitlin Cronenberg.
Fashion editor Rushka Bergman.
gallery via
Before he came on the scene, vampires were old, loners, tormented. They lived hidden away in spooky mansions, they enveloped themselves in dark, heavy cloaks and wandered alone, thirsting for blood, in the night hours. In daytime, they would sleep in the darkness of a massive coffin secreted in a shadowy vault or crypt to protect themselves from contact with lethal sunlight. With him, however, everything changed. Thanks to the legendary Edward Cullen, the character Robert Pattinson plays in the Twilight saga, the undead have entered a new era: that of the post-vampires. Young, good-looking, they go out in the day. "How many years have you been seventeen?" they ask each other, smiling, in an attempt to give a measure of their eternity. Because death is no longer inevitable in the Twilight world. In fact they are not dead and they never will die. They are not condemned to die.
Unlike the old vampires – the ones played by Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee – post-vampires are not condemned to a life of eternal darkness in exchange for the "dark gift" of immortality. On the contrary, assisted by the fact that they live in a town in the state of Washington, where the sky is always grey and the sun rarely shines, they mix with other teenagers, they go to the same high school, they blend into the community. It became an instant cult: teenage communities across the world gather together on Facebook to exchange adoring messages about Robert Pattinson or his character, Edward Cullen, and they never tire of watching them again and again in hundreds of YouTube videos and trailers.
Go see: some videos have exceeded 18 million views. Robert Pattinson is the living icon of this social cult: the body/symbol which encapsulates a kind of long-awaited anthropological mutation that makes his Edward a sort of prophet or messiah. Almost a Moses of post-vampirism, behind whom advance swarms of neo-vampires created mainly by women novelists (not onlyTwilight 's Stephenie Meyer but also Anne Rice, Lisa Jane Smith, Charlaine Harris, and many others) and made into a media phenomenon through TV series like True Blood or The Vampire Diaries.
Tousled but monotonous, tormented though not excessively, unconventional yet reassuring, Pattinson's vampire differs in several significant ways from the blood-suckers of the past, ones with pale/spectral skin and a very obvious hypertrophy of the canine teeth, who trod the streets of plague-stricken towns. They bit to extract the "juice of life"; he forgoes human victims and chooses to drink only animal blood just to be able to mix with humans. As if he were a philanthropist vampire with a penchant for good works.
It's hard to say whether Robert Pattinson, born in 1986, is or is not like the character that made him an icon of the Web 2.0 generation. Like Edward, Rob or R-Patz (as his fans call him) comes across as cerebral, often ill at ease, and even more often open to impossible impulses and ambitions. For example, it seems he's more interested in being recognized as a musician than as an actor. He wrote several songs for Twilight, he plays the piano and guitar, he was in a rock bank (Bad Girls) and he has never denied his ambition to become a music producer.
He's very atypical as Hollywood products go. Unlike Kristen Stewart – Isabella "Bella" Swan in Twilight– who is the daughter of a Fox producer and a screenwriter, Pattinson was not brought up in the madhouse of Tinseltown studios. On the contrary, he's from England, where he was born and raised in a middle-class, south-west London suburb. The son of an importer of vintage American cars, a rebellious schoolboy and a spare-time model, it appears it was some advice from his father that prompted him to try live theater. He happened on a version of Tess of the d'Urbervillesand developed a deep interest in acting.
Movies came later, in 2005, when director Mike Newell chose him for the part of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth film in the famous saga. The movie is a success and the boy with the glum look is noticed by many. Compliments abound, as does encouragement. And so Rob decides to make a real go of it. As if breaking a vicious circle, he leaves everything and flies to the U.S. where he scrapes a living for a while, as many have done. Then at the last moment when he'd almost given up hope, he seized the role of Edward in Twilight at the end of a casting process involving over 5000 hopefuls and that he himself had faced and passed under the antidepressant effect of a Xanax.
Twilight has enormous success, but he seems to spurn it. Indeed rumors often describe him as being irritated, suffocated by media pressure, stressed-out by the fans, unable to step out of his house without being mobbed, constantly photographed and Twittered. It's the price to pay for being someone who, they say, earned £32m, thus becoming the richest British actor after Daniel Radcliffe, the boy who played Harry Potter. Some critics look down on such a rapid, overwhelming success. But, as we know, critics often habitually look down on things. Especially those – and there are many – who don't like romantic, bloody sagas. Rob is far more cultivated than he may seem. He reads Martin Amis and Maupassant. He is a sophisticated movie buff, he has more than a superficial knowledge of French films, he mentions Jacques Audiard (Read My Lips, Rust and Bones) as one of the directors he'd like to work with, and says that the acting model he aspires to is Daniel Auteuilfor his performance in Alain Corneau's Le deuxième souffle.
It's no coincidence if David Cronenberg wanted him for his movie version of Don DeLillo's masterpiece, Cosmopolis: the most extreme (and most cerebral) director on the scene today calls the emerging actor most idolized by teen girls and offers him a role that is at once completely different and very similar to Twilight: not a vampire, but a Wall Street wolf. A high finance guru. Young and ruthless. One who can cause misery to thousands of people with a single move. Closed away in his stretch limo, lounging on leather seats, his only worry is to get to his barber for a quick trim. He crosses Manhattan from East to West as the uprising of those made ever poorer by global capitalism rages on the streets of the Big Apple. He seems entirely indifferent to it all. Pattinson's broker is, perhaps, the vampire that Edward could not be. He never steps out of his car, the crowd fills him with horror, he never mixes with other human beings. In Twilight he tamed the vampire myth and, in a way, made it fit in with a normal teenage mindset that needs to believe that every impossible love can hope for a happy ending, but he does exactly the opposite inCosmopolis, denying any hope of a happy conclusion.
Perhaps the real Volturi (the "baddie" vampires in Twilight) are the ones in Cosmopolis, where they drain the blood of helpless, resigned victims. Meanwhile, the last episode in the Twilight saga,Breaking Dawn, Part 2, is released worldwide: Bella becomes a vampire and she and Edward have a baby girl who is a hybrid, immortal like a vampire but destined to grow up as a human. But after such an "extreme", courageous role as the one in Cosmopolis, Rob wants to shrug off any Edward Cullen-like typecasting. And so he'll be T.E. Lawrence (better known as Lawrence of Arabia) in Werner Herzog's movie Queen of the Desert, and he'll dash around the Australian bush – in the wake of the legendary Mad Max of the '80s – in the futuristic/existential western The Rover helmed by Animal Kingdom director David Michôd.
Roles that seem very different from Edward Cullen. That's how they seem. In actual fact, the characters he chooses all have something in common: they're hesitating between the necessity of crossing the threshold of their majority and their desire to stay young for ever.
We'll keep you posted as more info and pics come in!


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I want to be the first one who kills a game master in wow official server.
Anyone who has suggestion how to lure and kill him, pls post here. We are gathering an army on the realm Balnazzar EU both ally and hordes.
The prize for the one who help us find a way to kill the game master will recive 100.000 golds .


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Nowadays, several business executives frequently visit Edinburgh for business throughout the year. All these businessmen need a suitable accommodation in Edinburgh. The importance of comfortable accommodation on a business trip is that, it helps you to make your trip successful. There are many comfortable places to stay in Edinburgh such as hotels and bed and breakfast Edinburgh Scotland.
Generally people travelling around for business, are away from their home and family members for a long duration. Hence they need an Edinburgh accommodation that will make them feel as if they are staying in their own home. Moreover these business executives require good quality, home like food, and family like treatment. Otherwise, they will feel home sick and ultimately it will have a negative effect on their business tour. Hence, a comfortable business trip is necessary for obtaining positive results.
The kind owners and caring staff of an Edinburgh bed & breakfast treat all the guests as family members and especially take care of those visitors who are staying alone. They make sure that you feel exactly like staying in your own house. They warmly welcome you, when you return back tired at the guest house after a busy day in the city. You can thereafter relax in a well decorated room with cozy beds; and also sleep peacefully to wake up totally fresh.
Further every morning the hospitable owners personally invite each and every visitor for a hot and fresh as well as free breakfast in Edinburgh. This home cooked, healthy Scottish food will recharge you for the rest of day, to move around the city with full energy and enthusiasm. You can mix freely with the friendly owners, staff members, and other guests; while having the tasty breakfast in the dining hall. Thus you will not feel bored or lonely; and also learn more about the local news, local people, and the culture of the Scotland.
Moreover, the co-operative staff and owners of bed breakfast Edinburgh offer complete guidance to all the visitors, and especially new comers to the city; about the local areas, transport facilities, eating places, shopping markets, entertainment centers, sight seeing tours, etc. The guest house owners are also not rigid about the timings, and hence you can come and go as per your convenience. Further, staying in an Edinburgh bed and breakfast is comparatively cheaper than staying at an expensive hotel. Hence, lots of business travelers prefer a cheap bed and breakfast Edinburgh.
This is because a b&b in Edinburgh offers many latest amenities that are available in a hotel, but at relatively lower rates. This includes hygienic and dirt-free, regularly painted, well maintained, highly ventilated, and elegantly furnished rooms; with soft beds, shower, large bath tub, hair dryer; TV, radio, alarm, AC, cupboards, tea and coffee machine, etc. Even Wi-Fi, broadband internet, phone, fax, and intercom, is provided to remain in touch with your office staff, family, friends, and relatives. Also free laundry service, and free and secured car parking is offered at a b+b Edinburgh.


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As previously mentioned, usually the September issues are the biggest of the year, but as numbers trickle in about 2009's editions (soon to hit newsstands) — those traditionally thick publications are "looking thin", according to reports.
As readers, we've gotten used to thick magazines. And more pages mean more ads, and more ads mean more revenue. But. Compared to a year ago, Elle is down 21%, MediaWeek claims. Marie Claire is down 20%. WWD is reporting that Harper's Bazaar will probably have between 275 and 285 pages — about 25% fewer ad pages than last year.
One magazine with good news to share? People StyleWatch, which is up 10%. Perhaps it seems more down-to-earth, more approachable than Vogue? Last we heard from Vogue, it would be around 400 pages. Sounds hefty, but, as AdAge notes, "Landing at 400 exactly would mean a 41% decline from last September. Getting to 450, one rumor going around, would mean a 33% drop." How bad will it be? We'll find out soon: Condé Nast, home to Vogue — as well as W, Glamour and Allure —will release its numbers tomorrow.
They say you can never be too rich or too thin, but it seems it's only half true, if you're a glossy mag.
Fashion Titles' Fall Issues Looking Thin [MediaWeek]
Publishers Fret Over September Issues [AdAge]
Early Look [WWD]
Earlier: 5 Guesses Why Vogue Is Hurting
September Glossies: Same Sh*t, Different Year


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LRG Gets A Lil Personal With Miss Ashley
LRG: Have you ever had more than one orgasm at a time? If yes how often?
Ashley: Yes, that happened twice! It was so amazing (laughing).
LRG: What a surprise…not! (Laughing) Does sex relax you like exercise wakes you up, or what?
Ashley: Sex and exercise both relax me. It also clears up my mind. If I am single that means I am in the gym, instead of out all over town (laughing).
LRG: So, if there was leftover Chinese food in the fridge, would you share it, or eat it all after good sex?
Ashley: I would eat it all-I worked hard for it, I deserve it, and the guy shouldn't be able to walk or fight me for it anyhow.
LRG: So, money or looks?
Ashley: Exactly right down the middle fifty-fifty.
LRG: Do you workout every day?
Ashley: No, but the photo shoot today was a workout-that guy was killing me, bend over, stick it out, open your mouth more…
LRG: What do you like about modeling?
Ashley: Ummm, let me see… all the fun people, fashion shows, and the attention is nice too?(smiling).
LRG: What is your type?
Ashley: I don't have a type. Anybody has a shot if you can make me laugh and you are not a dumbass!
LRG: Good answer! What does it take to get "it"-boyfriend status will do.
Ashley: The more I like you the more I wait. If I give it away for free then it is worthless. Who wants worthless sex? Like, oh thanks, that was worthless?


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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Not a problem
I'm in a cooking slump. Part of it, maybe most of it, has to do with the fact that my two oldest have split for my parents' house and I'm left with the two littlest (and a niece, but now she's back at her mom and dad's so it really is just me and my two littles), and after cooking for four or more kids, a five and a seven-year-old just feel like absolutely nothing. When a hunk of bread and a carrot will meet the need, what IS the point, huh?
I didn't feed them bread and carrots for lunch. I made a pesto pizza with leftover dough, a splat of pesto, and some odd cheese ends (and oven roasted tomatoes for my part). If they get hungry this afternoon, I have four hotdog buns banging around (in an airy sort of way) in my bread drawer that they can have. The kids will probably get all excited about them, too.
See? Why cook?
But I do need to come up with something for supper. Mr. Handsome will come home tired and hungry and I have a pretty good hunch that hotdog buns just won't cut it.
So that's that problem.
On the other hand, these scones are not a problem. They were a problem at first, mostly because I hadn't yet discovered them and was busy experimenting with other scone recipes and failing miserably and getting all grumpy about it. But then I discovered these and my problems were solved.
I made them for our family gathering and they were the first ones to disappear. I made them for our PA gathering and sister-in-law Kate has been politely hounding me for the recipe ever since. (Kate! Your day has come!) I baked some up yesterday afternoon and sent the majority home with my mom because their oven is on the fritz and my heart goes out to anyone who does not have access to a steady stream of baked goods.
But now I'm kind of regretting my spurt of big heartedness because I just ate the last scone and really want another one.
Orange Cranberry Scones
Adapted from House of Annie
To make these even more orange-y, submerge the craisins in hot orange juice for 20 minutes. Drain thoroughly before proceeding.
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3 tablespoons white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons butter
1-2 tablespoons orange zest
1 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup craisins
½ cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons orange juice
Mix together the flour, baking powder, white sugar, and salt. Using your fingers, a fork, or the food processor, cut in the butter. With a spoon, stir in the cream and zest. Add the craisins and knead lightly to combine. Divide the dough in half and shape each half into a disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for a couple hours. (At this point you can freeze the disks.)
Cut each disk into 8 pieces and bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 12-18 minutes.
Make a glaze by combining the confectioners' sugar and orange juice. Drizzle it on the scones while they're still hot.
Yield: 16 delectable scones
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Wow. These look amazing.ReplyDelete
Oh good. I was hoping you'd post about these sometime!ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing this recipe...oh my gosh, they look amazing! I love a good scone...but have always been intimidated to try and make them. Maybe if it ever cools down enough around here to use the oven I'll give them a try.ReplyDelete
I have to tell you...I love your writing style. Your blog is so fun to visit...
As with many of your other recipes...I am bookmarking these! Thank you for sharing. And your photos are yummy...yes, you read that right...yummy! :)ReplyDelete
Have a great day!
These were very, very good.ReplyDelete
Orange and cranberry are pretty much my favorite flavors in the world to mix together. I definitely will be trying this out, thanks!ReplyDelete
Don't forget the perpetual reason to cook located just .6 miles away!ReplyDelete
I'm gonna make these! :o}ReplyDelete
Just stopping by to tell you we really liked these and I blogged about them ~ReplyDelete
Thanks again for sharing your yummy recipes Jennifer Jo! :)
Oh my those look so good, I will have to try my hand at making them, thanks for this recipe, and I have enjoyed my time spent at your blog, I will be back, have a very blessed day. Barbara from http://bakinnbitsbarbara.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
They certainly are delectable! Thanks for the link back.ReplyDelete


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Canadian photographer and general polymath Chris McVeigh has found fame as an in-demand commercial illustrator and designer, but his recent forays into LEGO toy designs have been bringing him even more attention recently. Taking inspiration from outdated and outmoded technologies, McVeigh's recent collection creates sets from existing LEGO parts – and offers them as kits for sale or open-source plans for those who wish to build their own.
Not only does McVeigh create toy replicas of tube-televisions, early computers and gaming systems, but he also creates miniature "sets" – realistic era backdrops – complete with shag carpet, wood-paneling, and tacky wallpaper, just so his creations fit in. (via colossal)


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[Verse 1 - Lil Wayne]
A Millionaire
I'm a young money millionaire, tougher than Nigerian hair
My criteria compared to your career just isn't fair
I'm a venereal disease like a menstrual bleed
Through the pencil I leak on the sheet of the tablet in my mind
Cause I don't write shit cause I ain't got time
Cause my seconds, minutes, hours go to the almighty dollar
And the almighty power of that ch-cha-cha-chopper
Sister, brother, son, daughter, father, mother-fuck a copper
Got the Maserati dancing on the bridge, pussy popping
Tell the coppers hahahaha you can't catch em, you can't stop em
I go by them goon rules
If you can't beat em then you pop em
You can't man em then you mop em
You can't stand em then you drop em
You pop 'em cause we pop 'em like Orville Redenbacher
Young Money
[Verse 2 - Cory Gunz]
I'm Millie in here with them Young Money millionaires
Think you really pop a wheelie in air?
Mac Milli, the Vanilli's in here, I'm a rascal, don't get whopped
I get brats who don't give top
I get tassel, pass you with a flow you could never put a brake on and I break on anything a nigga take on
Feel the napalm from my trey arm, straight long, throw a nigga like I'm Akon, cause I'm acorns
Where the base gone? get the base blown, let the Pistons on that chopper
Come on, cops, I'm kamikaze, drop a rock with them Obamas
Illie in the mind, really with the nine, millie when I rhyme, silly anytime fine, chilly, gitty on the grind
Shitty on a dime, Penny on the line plenty's in me, any guinea's with 'em, bigger than a mini, and remind I'm
Illie, and it's all off G piece and a PG walk by, beep beep
With a freak, skeet, hawk out, big feet on a jeep
She caught by Weezy F, we be the best, truly to death, prove me the rest
Groupies confess, you be the ref, 'xcuse me, I left
[Verse 3 - Lil Wayne]
A millionaire, I'm a young money millionaire
What, 'chyall really want it? Nah, y'all don't really wanna do it
If hip hop is dead, I am the embalming fluid
And I don't care who it be, I'm steppin' to it
Notice I say 'it', cause to me, it ain't shit
Get, it?
Call me whatcha like, trick, call me on my Sidekick
Never answer when it's private, man, I hate a shy chick
Don't you hate a shy chick? I had a plate of shy chick
And she ain't shy no mo', she changed her name to "My chick"
Yeah, boy, that's my girl
And she pops excellent up in Wayne's world
Totally dude, you should see their faces
When they see that this robot can move
And it's like... hahaha, yea
And it go... that's right
[Verse 4 - Lil Wayne]
A millionaire, I'm a
Young Money, Cash Money, fast money
Slow money, mo' money, never no money
What is that, who is that? I never heard of it
I will take your picture and make a 'Rest In Peace' shirt of it
Some should take this beat and make a 'Rest In Peace' shirt of it, cause
I killed it, now don't tell no one you heard of me
It's like the beat was screamin', "Murder me!"
And I'm a murderer, so I murdered it
And you niggas is what I eating I'll make sure of it
And he who don't believe me, I'll make dessert of him
Sherbet him, I mean, shame on him
Or her; Carter, father of
This rap thang, this is my race
Gon' take a lap, man, Weezy Baby's nursery
Now gon' take a nap man, it's naptime
I'll holla back at you at snacktime
Weezy F... yeah, OK
[Verse 5 - Lil Wayne]
They say I'm rappin' like B.I.G, Jay, and 2Pac
André 3000, where is Erykah Badu at
Who dat, who dat said they gon' beat Lil' Wayne
My name ain't Bic, but I keep dat flame, man
Who dat one dat do dat boy? You knew dat, true dat, swallow
And I be the shit, now you got loose bowels
I don't O U like two vowels
But I would like for you to pay me by the hour
And I'd rather be pushing flowers
Than to be in the pen sharing showers
Tony told us this world was ours
And the Bible told us every girl was sour
Don't play in her garden and don't smell her flower
Call me Mr. Carter or Mr. Lawn Mower
Boy I got so many bitches like I'm Mike Lowrey
Even Gwen Stefani said she couldn't doubt me
Motherfucka I say life ain't shit without me
Chrome lips poking out the coupe, look like it's pouting
I do what I do and you do what you can do about it
Bitch, I can turn a crack rock into a mountain
Dare me
Don't you compare me cause there ain't nobody near me
They don't see me but they hear me
They don't feel me, but they fear me. I'm illi
Man, life just ain't life without me
Hip hop just ain't hip hop without me
Young Moola, baby


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MSNBC's Thomas Roberts talks to NBC National Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff and Attorney Jeffrey Fritz, who represents Victim Number Four, about the sentencing in the sexual abuse conviction of Jerry Sandusky.
Updated at 4:08 p.m. ET: BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison Tuesday for abusing 10 boys he met over 15 years through his charity for troubled children.
Sandusky — who was defensive coordinator and for many years the presumed heir-apparent to legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno — could have faced as long as 400 years for his convictions on 45 counts of child sexual abuse.
But McKean County Common Pleas Court Judge John Cleland, who was brought in to hear the trial after all of Centre County's judges recused themselves, told Sandusky that at age 68, he would be in prison "for the rest of your life."
"The crime is not only what you did to their bodies but to their psyches and their souls and the assault to the well-being of the larger community in which we all live," Cleland said.
Read the full sentencing order (.pdf)
Sandusky's lead attorney, Joe Amendola, told reporters outside court that he would file an appeal within 10 days, saying he hadn't had enough time to prepare an adequate defense.
Legal analysis: Sandusky sentencing was logical and reasonable
Three of Sandusky's victims addressed the court, some of them speaking tearfully to Sandusky. They told of how they had looked up at Sandusky as a mentor, only to have him betray their trust.
The former Penn State coach will spend at least 30 years in prison for sexually abusing young boys. NBC's Danielle Leigh reports.
"You were the person in my life who was supposed to be a role model, teach honor, respect and accountability, and instead you did terrible things that screwed up my life," said one of the victims, whom NBC News isn't identifying.
"You had the chance to plead guilty and spare us the testimony," he said. "Rather than take the accountability, you decided to try to attack us as if we had done something wrong."
Another said: "I have tried to think of the words to describe how Jerry Sandusky has impacted my life. There are no words adequate to express the pain and misery he has inflicted in the past, present and future.
Lead prosecutor Joseph McGettigan applauded the victims' courage to "speak truthfully" and condemned Jerry Sandusky for his unwillingness to accept responsibility.
"He promised to be my friend and mentor. Then came the ultimate betrayal and deeds. He humiliated me beyond description."
For his part, Sandusky — as he did in a surprise audio statement Monday night on the Penn State student radio station — insisted that "I didn't do these alleged disgusting acts."
Saying he had been advised against speaking at length, Sandusky told Cleland that "as I began to relive everything, I remember my feelings. So many people were hurt, and my eyes filled with tears. It was a horrible time in life to witness, to listen to, be a part of."
Sandusky said he had "hope in my heart for a brighter day, not knowing when that day will come."
"Many moments I have spent looking for a purpose," he said. "Maybe it will help others — some vulnerable children who may have been abused may not be as a result of all the publicity — but I'm not sure about it. I would hope that it would happen.
"I would cherish the opportunity to be a little candle for others as my life goes on as they have been a huge light to me."
After the hearing, Senior Deputy Attorney General Joseph McGettigan, who prosecuted the case for the state, called Sandusky's comments "banal self-delusion completely untethered from reality."
"It was, in short, ridiculous," he said.
Sandusky alleges massive conspiracy
Wearing a red prison jumpsuit and appearing notably thinner than before he was convicted in June, Sandusky was transported to Centre County Court from jail in a sheriff's patrol car shortly before the hearing. His wife, Dottie, was in attendance.
Jerry Sandusky spoke out from jail on the eve of his sentencing. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports.
Sandusky's statement echoed many of the ideas — some of them word for word — that he broached in his surprise statement Monday night, in which he blamed a widespread conspiracy among police, university administrators and the media for his conviction.
After the hearing, Amendola alluded to that theory, alleging that there was "an undercurrent" in some parts of state government to bring down Penn State because of the power Paterno had amassed in 46 years as head football coach.
"Folks, my understanding is for years opponents had ongoing battles with the state Legislature over funding," Amendola said. "Penn State always held itself over and above" other state institutions, which rankled some officials, he said.
But in sentencing Sandusky on Tuesday, Cleland called that theory "unbelievable."
Transcript: Full radio statement from Jerry Sandusky
Related: Audio of Sandusky's statement on Penn State student station ComRadio
In a statement, Penn State President Rodney Erickson said: "Our thoughts today, as they have been for the last year, go out to the victims of Jerry Sandusky's abuse. While today's sentence cannot erase what has happened, hopefully it will provide comfort to those affected by these horrible events and help them continue down the road to recovery."
The statement reflected how deeply the scandal rocked Penn State and Centre County.
Paterno, who was a revered figure representing integrity in college football, was fired Nov. 9 amid allegations that he didn't properly report concerns about Sandusky to authorities. He died in January at age 85.
University President Graham Spanier resigned in November. Athletic Director Tim Curley is on administrative leave, and Senior Vice President Gary Schultz retired. Curley and Schultz face separate trials on charges that they lied to a grand jury about what they knew.
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Penn State's storied football program, meanwhile, was fined $60 million by the NCAA and was stripped of all victories back to 1998.
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Eksim Yatirim Group is ordering 20 N100/2500 turbines for the Hasanbeyli wind farm near the Taurus mountains in southeast Turkey. Additionally, it is ordering 18 N100s for the Silivri project near Istanbul.
The second customer is Dost Enerji, which has ordered 12 N90/2500 turbines. One of these will be added to the 42MW Yuntdag wind farm in Izmir. The remainder will go to the Geres wind farm, which is also in Izmir.
Turkey is expecting a sizeable increase in new wind capacity this year, although market observers are divided as to whether 2013 will be the year that the wind industry really takes off.
Turkey's installed wind capacity must rise nearly tenfold if the country is to meet its official goal of 20GW of wind capacity by 2023.


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Sorry, POSTPONED Yoga Thru Yogini
September 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until December 30, 2020
Yoga for every level! Every Wednesday Night at the Palmer Opera House in Cuba, NY Bring a towel, blanket or mat and a bottle of water. $10 donation is suggested.


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Fast forward to yesterday, 6:00pm. Caroline and I on our way to the mall to scout out modest dresses for 8th grade graduation for my niece Deven. (good luck).
Caroline: "Mom, that bike looks a lot like my bike!"
Details become a little blurry here. I pulled over towards the sidewalk, and sure enough, some teenage vato loco was riding my seven-year old's turquoise bike with pink decals. He looked like a idiot. Wouldn't you steal a boy's bike if you were a teenage boy? This chap has the common sense of a speed bump.
Me: "Get off my daughter's bike."
Nothin. I repeated the request in a more commanding "I'm-a-mother-of-four-I-just-did-a-triathlon-don't-mess-around-with-me, Beto!" tone. So he looks me in the eye, and takes off on the bike the other way, down a sidewalk.
Did he really think that my 2005 Ford Expedition couldn't jump that ridiculous curb and apprehend him through the greenbelt? Was it wrong of me to have chased him down with my car until he looked back in abject fear, saw me barrelling towards him in a very large SUV, freaked out, ditched the bike, and started running?
I know I snapped. Anybody know a good therapist who specializes in "post-traumatic stress disorder/general bad judgement"? I'm so tired of being victimized, that this poor acne-ridden nitwit with multiple ear piercings got the brunt of my psychosis. What would I have done had I actually caught him? Lecture him? Hug him and forgive him? Citizens arrest? Dunno.
Caroline: (a little freaked out) "Mom, I've never seen you go crazy like that before."
She was OK after some rootbeer floats at home.
Good news: I got my daughter's bike back. Caroline loves that bike. Plus it wasn't cheap.
More good news: The cops did NOT cite me for driving like a maniac through the grassy greenbelt, rather they smiled and said: "Ma'am, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do".
Bad news: He got away.


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Myers not a fan of using batting gloves
NEW YORK -- When looking for unique things about Wil Myers, don't forget that the rookie is one of the few guys in the Major Leagues who doesn't use batting gloves when he's hitting.
"Never have I used gloves, it's just something I've always done," Myers said. "I just don't like the feeling I have with gloves. I tried them when I was in Legion ball a few games. I only used one on my bottom hand. But it wasn't for me."
Myers said he deals with the effects of not wearing gloves all year, since he hits during the offseason as well as during the season.
"Right now, I've got a blister here and here," said Myers, pointing to different spots on his hands and fingers. "I got some calluses on there. Not a big deal."
Rays bench coach Dave Martinez never wore batting gloves during his playing career, so he likes seeing a player not use gloves.
"It's awesome, he goes up there naked," Martinez said. "You don't see that any more. I never used batting gloves. The feel of hitting the ball with just the bare hands is pretty cool. Like I said, you don't see it very often anymore. I can't think of a guy now who doesn't go up there using batting gloves except him."


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An effective way to say there isn't a problem is never to look. That seems to be precisely what most U.S. government food-safety agencies are doing when it comes to determining whether the livestock in our food supply is contaminated with MRSA and if so, whether the often-fatal bacterium is being passed on to consumers who buy and consume that meat.
We know that some strains of MRSA – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – are extremely dangerous. Dr. Monina Klevens, of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, examined the cases of the disease reported in hospitals, schools and prisons in one year and extrapolated that "94,360 invasive MRSA infections occurred in the United States in 2005; these infections were associated with death in 18,650 cases."
Earlier his year, Dr. Scott Weese, from the Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College told those attending the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases at the CDC that there was a problem. He and his colleagues had found MRSA in 10 percent of 212 samples of pork chops and ground pork bought in four Canadian provinces.
"I think it is very likely that the situation is the same in the U.S.," he told me in a phone interview.
"We've proven MRSA is in pigs and the marketed pork in Canada, and we know that it's also in U.S. pigs. It's inconceivable that it wouldn't also be found in the pork products from those pigs."
This raised a bunch of obvious questions, such as, who exactly is checking to see if antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria is in the 762 million pounds of Canadian pork that's imported into the U.S. each year?
The answer appears to be no one.
It should be the USDA. Dr. David Goldman is in charge of the agency's four laboratories that examine imported food.
"Any pathogen or hazard that's transmitted through the foods we regulate is a potential issue for us, and so you know, certainly we are aware of the study (Weese) did," Goldman told me during an interview at a recent food-safety meeting in Seattle.
"There is no indication MRSA has been identified in swine going into the retail market. Not in this country. Not in swine or other livestock being sold for food in this country," the doctor added.
But, none of the USDA labs that he runs are checking for MRSA in imported meat.
"We just don't have a test for it," Goldman said.
So, do we have MRSA in our American grown pigs?
The Food and Drug Administration says it doesn't know.
Mike Herndon, an agency spokesman, said FDA scientists have been "following the emergence of MRSA from humans and animals in Central Europe and Canada and are monitoring the situation very closely."
The FDA is aware of Weese's study, but "we do not yet have similar data with regards to the MRSA situation among food animals and retail meats," Herndon said.
There is no indication that FDA has tested meat for MRSA.
But the FDA and USDA eagerly pointed to a group called the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System as the protector of food and humans from foodborne bacteria. The coalition of scientists from several federal agencies primarily target salmonella, campylobacter and E. coli.
But the group does not currently screen for MRSA.
The National Pork Producers Council in Washington is sure there's no problem. They told me "there is nothing to worry about; MRSA (in pigs) has not been found this side of the border" and "USDA and CDC has given our pigs a clean bill of health."
A CDC spokeswoman told me that she could find "no indication we made that statement."
Interestingly, the pork lobbyists have said their industry would oppose any attempt to test all livestock for MRSA, calling the testing "unnecessary to protect public health."
Whereas our government apparently doesn't see the need nor have the ability to see if pigs in the U.S. are carrying MRSA, Tara Smith, an assistant professor for the University of Iowa department of epidemiology, and her graduate researchers have done what is apparently is the first testing of swine for MRSA in the U.S.
They swabbed the noses of 209 pigs from 10 farms in Iowa and Illinois and found MRSA in 70 percent of the porkers.
Today, in Boston, at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Abby Harper, one of Smith's graduate assistants, presented the results of a study that she and Michael Male did on 20 workers at the Iowa swine farms. Harper reported that 45 percent of the workers carried the same MRSA bacterium as the pigs.
Smith told me last night that she will be working with collaborators in Minnesota, Ohio, North Carolina and perhaps other areas to examine more swine farms.
"We're going to be looking at conventional, free-range and organic or antibiotic-free pigs," Smith said.
"We will be paying special attention to the antibiotics that are being used because there are indications that the tetracycline used in swine farming may be the cause of the spread of MRSA," she explained.
All of Smith's important work raises the question that Weese raised in Canada: Is MRSA-contaminated meat being sold in the U.S. market?
It is believed that proper cooking will kill the MRSA bacterium. The health threat for butchers and cooks alike, if there is one, will come from improperly handled meat.
"If people wash their hands after handling raw pork and prevent cross-contamination, risks should be very low," Weese said from Canada.
"The main possible concern is that people could get MRSA on their hands from raw pork, then touch their nose. The nose is the prime site for MRSA to live," he told me.
Some public-heath experts worry that butchers and professional and home cooks may be infected if MRSA bacteria on their hands entered a cut or a wound.
An understanding of the risk from MRSA in meat becomes more urgent in view of a report yesterday from the United Kingdom.
Scientists reported that three patients in separate hospitals in Scotland were infected with the ST398 strain of MRSA, the same strain that Smith and her researchers found in Midwest farms. And it's the same strain that FDA's Herndon says is of particular concern in the veterinary medicine and food safety arenas.
What makes this particularly important is that doctors reported that none of the patients worked on a farm nor had a close association with farm animals, raising the possibility that the superbug has entered the food chain in the U.K., according to an article by Martin Hickman in The Independent, a U.K. publication.
And, as you mull over this all-too-long post, be advised that Weese warns that MRSA could also be in beef, chicken and lamb, but no one is checking.


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Ashford Estate
Allentown, NJ
Mansion, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Private Estate, Ballrooms
Starting from $37,260 to $44,868 for 50 guests
Surrounded by hundreds of acres of preserved farmland in a secluded region of Monmouth County New Jersey, The Ashford Estate is a well-hidden gem reflecting country elegance and sophistication. Your photographers will fall in love with the sculpted property, which boasts sparkling fountains, waterfa...
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Nanina's in the Park
Belleville, NJ
Park/Garden, Event Center, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $16,319 to $20,173 for 100 guests
A wedding in picture-perfect Italian style is waiting for your unique style at Nanina's in the Park. Located on the cusp of Branchbrook Park just outside Newark, the lavishly manicured grounds provide the perfect scenery for your special day. Nanina's famous cherry blossom gardens and Tuscan-villa a...
Park Chateau Estate & Gardens
East Brunswick, NJ
Mansion, Private Estate, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Modern
Starting from $16,351 to $31,650 for 50 guests
Sandwiched midway between Manhattan and Philadelphia in East Brunswick, the Park Chateau Estate and Gardens offers a singularly elegant wedding venue plucked right from the pages of a classic French novel. Combining traditional French-style architecture and breathtaking gardens, this setting provide...
The Grove New Jersey
Cedar Grove, NJ
Park/Garden, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Ballrooms, Outdoor, Modern
The Grove is the essence of storybook romance. From the moment you catch a glimpse of the mansion's Neo-classical architecture and crimson red awnings, you will fall in love with this magical wedding venue. As one of the most luxurious estates in northern New Jersey, the Grove is renowned for its hi...
The Park Savoy
Florham Park, NJ
Mansion, Private Estate, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $9,387 to $10,681 for 50 guests
For over 50 years, The Park Savoy Estate has been one of the most exclusive, highly coveted New Jersey wedding venues. Nestled in a historical garden setting, The Park Savoy Estate's timeless mansion and gardens offer you the picture perfect and uniquely elegant site for your wedding day. A garden ...
Crystal Plaza
Livingston, NJ
Mansion, Historic/Landmark Building, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $26,016 to $58,728 for 50 guests
Be prepared to fall in love. Have your wedding at the magnificent turn-of-the-century Crystal Plaza mansion. The Janoff family, owners and operators of the Crystal Plaza for four generations, have upheld the spirit of the period's architecture in restoring the mansion's original grace and splendor. ...
Peapack, NJ
Mansion, Event Center, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $18,002 to $22,133 for 50 guests
Weddings at Natirar are a custom affair every time as our goal is to make your event as unique and memorable as possible. A hidden gem in the lush hills of Somerset County, New Jersey, Natirar features 90 private acres turned into a luxury destination inside 500-acres of enchanting landscape. The p...
Smooth Sailing Celebrations
Weehawken, NJ
Ocean/Waterfront View, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Cruise Ship/Yacht, City/Skyline View, Ballrooms, Out...
Starting from $5,500 to $10,000 for 50 guests
45 private yachts for 12 to 1,200 guests sailing from New York and New Jersey year-round. "Not Just a Venue. An Experience." INCLUDED IN WEDDING PACKAGES: - complimentary ceremony time - customized cocktail hour of butlered and displayed hors d'oeuvres - customized dining prepared by yac...
Waterside Events
North Bergen, NJ
Ocean/Waterfront View, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, City/Skyline View, Ballrooms, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $1,500 to $1,500 for 100 guests
Waterside Events is a romantic venue that overlooks the dramatic New York City Skyline. This North Bergen, New Jersey site provides your special day with elegance and sophistication. Imagine an outdoor ceremony on the brick patio overlooking NYC and tranquil water. A white wedding gazebo is a charmi...
Hyatt Regency Jersey City
Jersey City, NJ
Ocean/Waterfront View, Hotel/Resort, City/Skyline View, Ballrooms, Modern
Starting from $15,942 to $21,070 for 50 guests
Boasting a grand location overlooking the Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor on the Hudson, the Hyatt Regency Jersey City introduces a new level of luxury for your wedding day. Just steps from the train station to whisk you into all that New York City has to offer, you and your guests will enjoy ...
Seaview, A Dolce Hotel
Galloway, NJ
Golf Course, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Historic/Landmark Building, Hotel/Resort, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $8,225 to $23,841 for 50 guests
Seaview, a Dolce Hotel, is proud to announce the completion of a multi-million dollar renovation! Situated on 670 scenic acres along Reed's Bay in picturesque Galloway, NJ, Seaview offers wedding celebrations within two grand ballrooms, including both indoor and outdoor ceremony space. Additional ...
Lake Mohawk Country Club
Sparta, NJ
Vintage, Historic/Landmark Building, Private Club, Ocean/Waterfront View, Beach, Outdoor
Located in Sparta, New Jersey, just 50 miles outside of New York City, Lake Mohawk is a private lake community that features magnificent homes, a Swiss Alpine styled village square, and an idealistic boardwalk that leads to a Swiss chalet styled country club, beaches, and parks. The country club...
Royce Brook Golf Club
Hillsborough Township, NJ
Golf Course, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Private Club, Park/Garden, Outdoor
Starting from $4,173 to $8,050 for 50 guests
The wedding of your dreams is within your reach! Celebrate your love within the beautiful, family-friendly atmosphere at the Royce Brook Golf Club. Located on over 440 gently rolling acres, the charming golf club provides amazing, picturesque views that are sure to win the hearts of your photographe...
Fiddler's Elbow
Bedminster Township, NJ
Mansion, Historic/Landmark Building, Private Estate, Golf Course, Ballrooms, Vintage
Starting from $36,026 to $45,750 for 50 guests
As you turn onto our winding drive and pass the rolling green meadows, the grand stone chimneys of the old English Manor appear on the horizon. Fiddler's Elbow is tucked away on nearly 1,000 acres in the countryside of Bedminster, New Jersey. Conveniently located off route 78, our serene setting is ...
Upper Montclair Country Club
Clifton, NJ
Golf Course, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Private Club, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $18,895 to $24,802 for 50 guests
If you're looking for a venue with lovely interiors and a scenic outdoor setting, Upper Montclair County Club may be the venue for you. UMCC is conveniently located just 20 minutes outside of Manhattan at the intersection of Rt. 3 and the GSP. Invite guests to witness your outdoor or tented ceremony...
Bear Brook Valley
Fredon, NJ
Rustic & Barn, Private Club, Ocean/Waterfront View, Vintage, Outdoor, Modern
A laid back wedding venue surrounded by nature. Bear Brook Valley is a private wedding venue with ceremony, reception, planning, and catering all on-site. Set within the rolling hills of Sussex County, we offer picturesque scenery including a heart shaped pond, trickling waterfalls, and endless gre...
Windows on the Water
Sea Bright, NJ
Ocean/Waterfront View, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Beach, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $11,707 to $11,707 for 50 guests
Located in Sea Bright, New Jersey, Windows on the Water offers breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Shrewsbury River for your big day, setting the stage for an unforgettable event. A 7,000-square-foot ballroom awaits with neutral colors and coastal vibes, with large windows that look out...
Basking Ridge Country Club
Basking Ridge, NJ
Golf Course, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $13,295 to $19,660 for 100 guests
Nestled in Somerset Hills, Basking Ridge Country Club is open to the public for extraordinary weddings. Providing the perfect blend of suburban tranquility and metropolitan sophistication, Basking Ridge Country Club Catering provides unparalleled service in a spectacular setting! You'll say your vow...
The Rockleigh
Rockleigh, NJ
Mansion, Historic/Landmark Building, Private Estate, Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Modern
It's not just the day of your wedding, it's the wedding experience. From the moment you enter the Rockleigh, you will know this is where you want to spend one of the most important days of your life. -Superior Customer Service -Magnificent Gardens for Photo Opportunities -Designated Outdoor ...
Bridgewater Manor
Bridgewater, NJ
Park/Garden, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Starting from $6,483 to $8,354 for 50 guests
Bridgewater Manor exudes utmost elegant sophistication, making it one of New Jersey's top wedding destinations. With more than two decades of wedding experience under its belt, the staff eagerly awaits to help you craft the wedding of your dreams. Imagine your guests walking in to a grand double-win...
Rock Island Lake Club
Sparta, NJ
Vintage, Private Club, Ocean/Waterfront View, Ballrooms, Outdoor, Modern
Rock Island Lake Club is a fun and unique wedding venue nestled in the beautiful mountains of northern New Jersey surrounded by nature and organic beauty. Rock Island Lake Club is best known for their innovative menu, lakefront atmosphere and award-winning service. This family-oriented wedding venue...
Princeton Meadow Event Center
Princeton, NJ
Church/Temple, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Ballrooms, Outdoor
Located on a sunny meadow on the edge of Princeton, our Event Center features several unique areas all under one roof: Meadow Hall, our stylish, newly constructed reception space can accommodate over 250 guests for your reception; And the majestic, high-vaulted Great Auditorium provides the backdrop...
The Merion
Cinnaminson, NJ
Park/Garden, Ballrooms, Outdoor, Modern
European-inspired and luxurious, The Merion sits in Cinnaminson, New Jersey, with its stunning blend of modern and classic European architecture. With several indoor spaces, including four dramatic ballrooms, and enchanting outdoor areas for all of your festivities, The Merion is ready to set an imp...
The Palace at Somerset Park
Somerset, NJ
Outdoor, Ballrooms, Modern
Take a look at our 360 Site Visit Tour to see The Palace from the comfort of your own home. https://www.360sitevisit.com/thepalacesomersetpark/ Nestled away on 30-acres of picturesque grounds is The Palace at Somerset Park. Established in 2005, The Palace is a grand 72,000 square feet Palladian-s...
Casa Bianca
Oak Ridge, NJ
Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Ballrooms
Starting from $4,237 to $8,182 for 50 guests
Personalized experiences, exquisite details and lasting impressions create an extraordinary celebration inspired by your every wish. From "I will" to "I do", the most wonderful memories begin with the most detailed arrangements. Casa Bianca brings wedding dreams to life, whether your desire is a gal...
Rutgers Gardens
New Brunswick, NJ
Rustic & Barn, Park/Garden, Outdoor
Starting from $7,427 to $9,532 for 50 guests
The Rutgers Gardens are a series of enchanting gardens tucked away on the campus of Rutgers University—the perfect spot for your romantic wedding ceremony and reception. From early Spring to early Fall, Rutgers Gardens provides a beautiful oasis of trees and flowers, making it the perfect place for ...
The Chandelier at Flanders Valley Weddin...
Flanders, NJ
Golf Course, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Park/Garden, Ocean/Waterfront View, Ballrooms, O...
Starting from $7,993 to $16,054 for 50 guests
The Chandelier at Flanders Valley does only one wedding at a time. It is serenely nestled in a quiet valley in scenic Morris County, New Jersey and is surrounded by hundreds of acres of beautiful country landscape, The ceremony unfolds in the garden under a picturesque gazebo surrounded by blooming ...
Park Avenue Club
Florham Park, NJ
Rustic & Barn, Historic/Landmark Building, Private Club, Ballrooms, Vintage, Outdoor
Starting from $12,479 to $14,210 for 50 guests
Park Avenue Club is proud to offer exceptional weddings in our new Ballroom, which opened in fall 2018. With the finest finishes, 24' ceilings, a private outdoor patio, memorable settings for both indoor and outdoor ceremonies, delicious and custom dining options, and the most attentive staff around...
Waterview Pavilion
Belmar, NJ
Ocean/Waterfront View, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Ballrooms
Starting from $6,285 to $10,688 for 50 guests
Create memories that will last a lifetime in the elegant ballrooms of the Waterview Pavilion. The stately white-two story building has the classic elegance and simplicity of a Cape Cod cottage and is beset by verdant green lawns and shrubs. Inside you will find spacious banquet halls that boast seco...
Chart House Weehawken
Weehawken, NJ
Ocean/Waterfront View, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, City/Skyline View
Starting from $23,805 to $38,046 for 50 guests
Chart House Weehawken is located at Lincoln Harbor on the Hudson River, directly across from Manhattan. The restaurant offers gorgeous panoramic views of the glittering New York skyline. Thrill your guests with spectacular views and unique cuisine. Whether you're having an intimate affair or a lavis...
Bello Giorno Estate
Belvidere, NJ
Vintage, Private Estate, Park/Garden, Ocean/Waterfront View, Outdoor, Modern
Starting from $7,156 to $15,056 for 50 guests
Bello Giorno Estate is a modern interpretation of a romantic Italian villa in Tuscany. The grounds were inspired by and seek to emulate the villas of Tuscany's countryside. Situated alongside the scenic and historic Pequest river in Belvidere New Jersey, our Estate personifies an intimate natural el...
The Wilshire Caterers
West Orange, NJ
Hotel/Resort, Ballrooms, Modern
Starting from $6,771 to $11,658 for 70 guests
The Wilshire Caterers is a premier venue of choice for magnificent weddings in the Tri-State area. This beautiful establishment is known for many reasons including its gorgeous ballrooms, landscaped gardens, with an on-site restaurant and hotel. Imagine yourself in a peaceful garden, being led down ...
Sayen House and Gardens
Hamilton Township, NJ
Vintage, Historic/Landmark Building, Park/Garden, Outdoor
Starting from $2,155 to $9,389 for 50 guests
If you are enamored with Monet's garden paintings and dream of a similar background for your special day, the Sayen House and Gardens are meant for you. Tucked away in the historic Hamilton Square, these grounds provide a serene, idyllic outdoor garden locale. For Impressionist painting connoisseurs...
Port-O-Call Hotel
Ocean City, NJ
Ocean/Waterfront View, Hotel/Resort, Beach, Outdoor
Starting from $6,741 to $10,219 for 50 guests
Port-O-Call has been an idyllic resort known for making memories that last since 1966! This luxurious hotel is located in the heart of Ocean City, New Jersey, overlooking the Ocean City Boardwalk, beach and the Atlantic Ocean. Inside the Port-O-Call, you'll find a remarkable, friendly ambiance that ...
The Manor
West Orange, NJ
Mansion, Banquet Hall/Restaurant, Event Center, Park/Garden, Outdoor
The Manor has been hosting weddings for more than 50 years and its timeless elegance will create the perfect beginning to your joyous new life! Situated on 20 acres of beautifully-manicured gardens bordering Eagle Rock Reservation, the Manor offers breathtaking beauty inside and out for your special...


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Marc Coma signs with KTM for 2013-14
KTM is pleased to announce that five-times world champion Marc Coma of Spain has signed with the Austrian manufacturer for the 2013 -2014 rally seasons.
Coma, undoubtedly one of the finest riders in the history of the sport recently sealed his fifth World Cross Country Rally championship title in Sardinia, adding yet another trophy to his impressive collection. The three times Dakar Rally winner is to compete in the Dakar Rally and the events making up the World Championship in the coming two seasons.
The Spanish rider, known his talent for winning, his incomparable tactics and his admirable consistency has enjoyed a very successful year in 2012. He was a close second in the grueling 2012 Dakar Rally behind KTM teammate and rival Cyril Despres. He won the UAE Desert Challenge and the Qatar Sealine Rally, the two opening legs of the four-leg FIM World Cross Country Rally Championship and took a cool third in the Sardinia Rally to seal the title with one race still in hand. Coma had previously won the title in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010.
Perhaps best know for his consistency and his dogged determination in the face of adversity in the world's toughest rally, Coma first rode for KTM as part of the Repsol team for the Dakar in 2003. He went on to finish in third in four stages and immediately established himself as a serious contender. He registered his first victory win the rally classic on the African continent in 2006 and won twice more after the Dakar moved to South America in 2009 and 2010. Through skill, but also hard work and dedication, Coma has become one of the most recognized and distinguished names in history of the sport.
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• World Cross Country Rally Champion 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012
• Dakar Rally winner 2006, 2009, 2010
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Beastie Boys Recall Last Recordings With Adam Yauch
If you were a little stunned by the news of Adam Yauch's death on May 4, you weren't alone — as Yauch's longtime Beastie Boys bandmate Mike Diamond puts it in an interview published in Rolling Stone, "He had us fooled in the most beautiful way … I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back."
Which is not to say that Diamond is bitter about Yauch hiding his failing health. "I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything," he pointed out. "Because the other option is no fun."
Diamond's fellow surviving Beastie Boy, Adam Horovitz, was also open about his emotional struggles in the wake of Yauch's death, describing himself as "numb" and admitting, "My wife is like, 'I want to make sure you're getting it out.' But then I'm walking the dog and I'll start crying on the street. It's pretty f—ing crazy … He said, 'I'm gonna be OK.' He's been right about most s— so far. So I believe him."
Diamond and Horovitz both recalled the Beastie Boys' final sessions, which took place last fall. "Adam instigated it. It could only come from him, in terms of where he was at with treatment. It was stuff we had written or demo-ed, and there were new ideas," explained Diamond. "He wasn't sure he was able to do vocals. But after a bit, we ended up doing them. And he was fine. It was a way for him to say, 'Yeah, I'm doing it.'"
"It wasn't any different from before," added Horovitz. "We spent more time making fart jokes and ordering food, which was true to form. That's why it always took so long for us to put records out."
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The European Commission today presents a package to advance action on adaptation to climate change: firstly, the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change sets out a framework and mechanisms for taking the EU's preparedness for current and future climate impacts to a new level; in a related measure, the Commission adopted a Green Paper on insurance in the context of natural and man-made disasters. This public consultation launches a wide debate on the adequacy and availability of existing insurance options.
Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, said: "Cutting the world's greenhouse gas emissions must remain our top priority in order to keep global warming below 2°C and avert dangerous climate change. But the adverse impacts of the changing climate are increasingly evident today in Europe. Adapting to these changes is one of the most fundamental challenges for territorial development in Europe. Our strategy will help decision-makers in Europe to choose the best solutions to the benefit of their citizens. This will stimulate growth and jobs and prevent potentially high human, economic and environmental costs later on."
Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier said: "Natural and man-made catastrophes are on the rise, while the capacity of the insurance sector to insure against them is not fully utilised. European-level solutions to bridge the insurance gap need to be explored, along with common means of prevention and ways of raising awareness among citizens and companies. This Green Paper launches an important debate on the issues and will also allow us to get a more complete overview of the situation in different Member States."
Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, said: "Well-designed insurance policies can also work as a market-based instrument to discourage risky behaviour and promote risk awareness and mainstream disaster-proofing in economic and financial decisions."
The strategy puts strong emphasis on adaptation options that are low-cost, good for the economy as well as the climate and which make sense for a variety of reasons. It will promote sustainable growth, stimulate climate-resilient investment and create new jobs, particularly in sectors such as construction, water management, insurance, agricultural technologies and ecosystem management.
Estimates of future costs and benefits indicate that each euro spent on flood protection could save six euros in damage costs. Floods killed more than 2,500 people, affected more than 5.5 million and caused direct economic losses of more than €90 billion over the period 1980-2011. The minimum cost of not adapting to climate change is estimated at €100 billion a year in 2020 and €250 billion in 2050 for the whole EU.
Like many other regions of the world, the European Union is vulnerable to nearly all types of natural disasters. Disasters not only cause human losses but also damage to the value of billions of euros every year, affecting economic stability and growth. Disasters may have cross-border effects and can potentially threaten entire areas in neighbouring countries. Even where costs of major disasters are locally concentrated, if costs are inadequately covered by insurance then individual Member States may carry large fiscal burdens, which could cause internal and external imbalances. This is thus an important issue for citizens, companies and governments across the Union.
The Green Paper poses a number of questions concerning the adequacy and availability of appropriate disaster insurance. The objective is to raise awareness and to assess whether or not action at EU level could be appropriate or warranted to improve the market for disaster insurance in the European Union. More generally, this process will also expand the knowledge base, help to promote insurance as a tool of disaster management and thus contribute to a shift towards a general culture of disaster risk prevention and mitigation.
The Communication setting out the adaptation strategy is addressed to the other EU institutions for their responses. The Commission will hold a stakeholder conference on the strategy on 29 April in Brussels.
The Green Paper public consultation is open until 30 June 2013. Once the Commission has examined the responses received, it will decide on the most appropriate follow-up, which could take several forms, legislative and non-legislative.
Europe is warming faster than many other parts of the world, with the European land temperature over the past decade on average 1.3°C higher than in the pre-industrial era, compared with a global average rise of 0.8°C. Impacts vary across the EU depending on climate, geographic and socioeconomic conditions but all Member States are exposed to climate change. Some extreme weather events have increased, with southern and central Europe seeing more frequent heat waves, forest fires and droughts. Heavier precipitation and flooding is projected in northern and north-eastern Europe, with an increased risk of coastal flooding and erosion. A rise in such events is likely to increase the magnitude of disasters, leading to significant economic losses, public health problems and deaths.
In Europe, the Mediterranean basin, mountain areas, densely populated floodplains, coastal zones, outermost regions and the Arctic are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. In addition, three quarters of the population live in urban areas which can be exposed to heatwaves, flooding or rising sea levels.
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MapJohnson's map of the vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia : showing also the interesting localities along the James, Chickahominy and York rivers Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by J. Knowles Hare in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Appears in: Johnson's new illustrated (steel plate) family atlas, ca. 1863. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 602.2 On...
- Contributor: Johnson and Ward - Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett)
- Date: 1862